Back in the day - rooting Android phones and installing custom ROMs were such a big part of Android. I remember so well using titanium backup and Greenify and Cyanogenmod and the list goes on.

Is it still necessary to root in 2023 though?

I have been on vanilla Android without root access for the past couple of years and at this point most root features have made it into the vanilla Android OS. What are your thoughts?

  • recluse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    11 months ago

    A lot of the reasons why I used to root simply don’t exist anymore. Personally, I haven’t unlocked the bootloader or installed a custom ROM since maybe Nexus 4. Plus now, as others have said rooting your device makes most financial related apps stop working.

    • Tony N@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      That’s what did it for me. I need to be able to use bank apps, and appreciate the convenience of Google Pay on my Pixel 7 Pro. Can’t do that with a custom rom or root. I loved rom hopping on my older droids, but I guess stock android has all the functionality I need.

      • And009@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Can anyone confirm if that’s still the case with kernelsu, losing banking apps hurts the most. For ads a dnsguard still kinda works

        • Uhayabusa@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Works fine for me …you should try asking in your device development group most of them are active on telegram